Agenda and minutes

Venue: The George Hudson Board Room - 1st Floor West Offices (F045)

Items
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53.

Declarations of Interest (4.33 pm)

At this point in the meeting, Members are asked to declare any disclosable pecuniary interest or other registerable interest they might have in respect of business on this agenda, if they have not already done so in advance on the Register of Interests.

Minutes:

Members were asked to declare at this point in the meeting any

disclosable pecuniary interests or other registrable interests that

they might have in the business on the agenda, if they had not

already done so in advance on the Register of Interests.

 

None were declared.

54.

Minutes (4.34 pm) pdf icon PDF 181 KB

To approve and sign the minutes of the last Planning Committee B meeting held on 8 December 2022.

Minutes:

Cllr Crawshaw requested that the wording ‘having consulted with legal services and the Monitoring Officer’ was added to minute 52, between ‘he stated that’ and ‘his previous objection’.

 

Resolved:  That the minutes of the last meeting held on 8 December 2022 were amended as per the above request and were approved as a correct record.

 

55.

Public Participation (4.35 pm)

At this point in the meeting members of the public who have registered to speak can do so. Members of the public may speak on agenda items or on matters within the remit of the committee.

 

Please note that our registration deadlines are set as 2 working days before the meeting, in order to facilitate the management of public participation at our meetings.  The deadline for registering at this meeting is 5:00pm on Tuesday, 10 January 2023

 

To register to speak please visit www.york.gov.uk/AttendCouncilMeetings to fill in an online registration form.  If you have any questions about the registration form or the meeting, please contact Democratic Services.  Contact details can be found at the foot of this agenda.

 

Webcasting of Public Meetings

 

Please note that, subject to available resources, this meeting will be webcast including any registered public speakers who have given their permission. The meeting can be viewed live and on demand at www.york.gov.uk/webcasts.

 

During coronavirus, we made some changes to how we ran council meetings, including facilitating remote participation by public speakers. See our updates (www.york.gov.uk/COVIDDemocracy) for more information on meetings and decisions.

Minutes:

It was reported that there had been no registrations to speak at the meeting under the Council’s Public Participation Scheme.

56.

Plans List (4.35 pm)

This item invites Members to determine the following planning applications:

Minutes:

Members considered a schedule of reports of the Development Manager, relating to the following planning applications, outlining the proposals and relevant policy considerations and setting out the views of consultees and officers.

57.

Unit 2 Monks Cross Drive, Huntington, York [22/01135/FULM] (4.35 pm) pdf icon PDF 458 KB

Erection of food store following part demolition of existing unit together with drive-thru restaurant both with associated access, parking and landscaping. [Huntington / New Earswick Ward]

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Members considered a major full application by Lidl Great Britain Ltd for the erection of food store following part demolition of existing unit together with drive-thru restaurant both with associated access, parking and landscaping.  The Development Manager gave a presentation on the application which was followed by an update, detailed below, which was provided by the Development Management Officer.

 

Update

Highways have confirmed they are satisfied with the location of the proposed customer cycle parking and the number of spaces provided. The revised layout meets CYC cycle parking standards and is an improvement from the original submission. The new layout is closer to the store in a safe and secure area with ease of access for cyclists. Staff cycle parking can be conditioned.

 

Change Recommendation to Delegated Authority to Approve

The applicant has requested that the content of Conditions 5 and 6 (Contaminated Land) be amended to allow for a Phase 1 ground report to be submitted in the first instance rather than a Phase 2.  The applicant states that following the results of the Phase 1, a Phase 2 could be undertaken and submitted if required.

 

As Officers need to take advice from Public Protection as to this request, the recommendation is amended to delegated authority to approve to allow for the relevant conditions to be amended if considered appropriate.

 

Amendment to Condition 25

The addition of the text “Notwithstanding the submitted plans” to the beginning of the condition 25.  This is to allow for the number of electric vehicle recharge points to be increased in order to meet the 5% requirements of the Low Emissions Supplementary Planning Guidance.

 

Replace condition 22

The building shall not be occupied until the areas shown on the approved plans for delivery and service vehicles, parking and manoeuvring of vehicles (and cycles, if shown) have been constructed and laid out in accordance with the approved plans, and thereafter such areas shall be retained solely for such purposes.

 

Reason:  In the interests of highway safety.

 

Additional conditions

 

Staff Cycle Parking

 

Prior to the commencement of the construction of the development, details of the cycle parking area for the staff, including means of enclosure, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The building shall not be occupied until the cycle parking areas and means of enclosure have been provided within the site in accordance with such approved details, and these areas shall not be used for any purpose other than the parking of cycles.

 

Reason:  To promote use of cycles thereby reducing congestion on the adjacent roads and in the interests of the amenity of neighbours.

 

Travel Plan

 

A travel plan, developed and implemented in accordance with National Planning Policy Guidance, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to first use of the development hereby approved.  The plan shall be updated annually thereafter.  The development shall operate in accordance with the aims, measures and outcomes of said Travel Plan. 

 

The travel plan  ...  view the full minutes text for item 57.

58.

Site To The West Of MX Park, Monks Cross Drive, Huntington, York [22/01161/FULM] (5.20 pm) pdf icon PDF 367 KB

Erection of two units for light industry (class E) or general industry (class B2) or storage/distribution (class B8) or storage/distribution with ancillary trade counter use; and associated car parking and landscaping.  [Huntington / New Earswick Ward]

Additional documents:

Minutes:

[Cllr Perrett joined the meeting for item 4b]

 

Members considered a major full application by The Tonsley York Trust for the erection of two units for light industry (class E) or general industry (class B2) or storage/distribution (class B8) or storage/distribution with ancillary trade counter use; and associated car parking and landscaping.

 

The Development Manager gave a presentation on the application and the Development Management Officer provided an update to Members, as below:

 

Update

 

Additional Condition

 

A footpath to the west of the access road shown in Drawing Number 1561 S02 P4 (‘Proposed Site Layout’, received 22 June 2022) shall be fully constructed in accordance with details to be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority prior to the first use of the development hereby approved.

Reason: To ensure there is safe pedestrian access to the site.

There were no questions from Members on the plans or the update.

Public Speaker

Eammon Keogh, agent for the applicant, spoke in favour of the application.  He explained the history of the site and stated that 10 of the 11 units had been let.  Phase two of the site was for units suitable for smaller businesses which would be of benefit to the local community.

When asked, he was not able to confirm the anticipated employment numbers.

Members then asked questions to officers to which they responded that:

·        Members needed to consider the application based on the site as it existed currently, they therefore could not consider the previous mitigations that had been put in place to protect the newts.

·        Ecologists agreed that it was better for the newts to be relocated to a well-managed habitat.  The pond and habitat would be provided by Natural England.

·        As the licence to move the newts had been granted, it must be complied with, not to do so would be to commit an offence.

·        The outline planning permission for the housing development to the north, granted by the Secretary of State, did not include mitigations for adjacent sites.  At this outline planning stage, the design of the housing development was not known.

·        Paragraph 3.4 related to conditions during the construction phase, not the operation of the site.

·        The net gain in biodiversity, as per the Huntington Neighbourhood Plan, was not linked to a specific site. 

 

The Development Manager noted that Class E was a wide-ranging category, and recommended that a condition be added, restricting the use of the units to those outlined in the application.

 

Following debate, Cllr Fisher moved the officer recommendation to approve the application, this was seconded by Cllr Orrell.  A vote was taken and with four votes in favour and four against, the Chair’s casting vote meant that the motion was approved and it was;

 

Resolved:            that the application be approved subject to the additional condition in the written update and the use restriction condition as per the officer recommendation in the verbal update.

 

Reason:              The development would provide employment buildings within an existing commercial area.  In the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 58.

 

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